The Confederation of African Football (CAF) organized the 5th edition of its qualifying tournament for African female national teams from 3 April 2019 to 10 March 2020 so as to gain entry into the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan, in which CAF was allocated 1.5 places by FIFA.

[1] Zambia qualified directly as winners, while as runners-up, Cameroon entered a play-off against the second-placed team from CONMEBOL, Chile.

[3] The seven teams which had the best performance at the previous edition of the qualifying competition were given a bye to the second round.

The away goals rule is applied if the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, and if still level, extra time is played.

Ivory Coast won on walkover due to FIFA's suspension of the Sierra Leone Football Association.

The winner qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, while the loser entered a play-off against a team from CONMEBOL.

The following team from CAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.

Cameroon failed to qualify after they lost the play-off against the 2018 Copa América Femenina second-placed team, Chile.